Powder puff



W. F. DEAN *och 16, 1923.

POWDER PUFF Filed Jan. 25. 1922 Patented Oct,- 16,- 1923.

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WILLIM F. DAN, OF JOHNSTOWN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOB T GOLUN FR NOVELTY C0., OF JOHNSTOWN, NEW YORK,l A PARTNEBSHIP COMPOSED OF WILLIAM F. DEAN,

FEED LUNKENHEILIER, AND WILLIAM GOULD.

POWDER PUFF.

Application flled January 25, 1922. Serial No. 531,534.

To all whom it may concernf Be it known that I, WILLIM F. DEAN, -a citizen of the United States; residing` at Johnst'own in the county of F ulton and State of Nzew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Powder Puffs; and I 'do 'hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others .10 skilled in the art to which it appertains to make` and use the same.

My invention relates to powder puifs and has for its object to provide a powder pufl' which may -be easily carried in a bag or m the pocket.

Another object of m invention is to provide a powder pufl`, t e pufl' proper being made of leather tanned with the fur thereon, thus' avoiding any unnecessary stitches. In

my preferred form, I employ lamb's skin,

the wool ofwhich has not been removed.

'Still another object of my' invention is to provide a powder pufl" which may be folded upon itself and fastened thereby taking up as little space as possible v With the above and other objects in viewwhich will appear as the description proceeds, my invention consists of the novel-features herein set forth, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims. w

In the drawing, numerals of like character designate the same parts throughout the several views. 85 Q Fig. 1 is a view of themain portion, before the wool portion shown in `Fig. 1 is attached. f

Fig. 1a is a view of the' back of the wool portion showin the perforations through which the pow er is admitted to the wool.

Fig. 2 shows the `'but not 'folded Fig. 3 is a cross section of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a front view of the powder pufi folded for carrying.

Fig. 5 a side view of Fig. 4. .1 designates the main portion-of the pow- -der pufi which is made of a 'circular piece outer portion of the snap' when the" device powder puf completed of amis hidewith the wool'removed and' is folded, and the snap 4 engages the snap 4** in the wool portion 6. This wool portion 6 is provided with perforations 7 through the hide thereof to permit the ,powder to pass into the wool, when the portion 6 is stitched to the main portion 1. This is accomplished by placing the wool portion 6 on the main portion 1 with the W001 facing upwardly (as shown in Fig. 2) and then .stitching the circumference of the circular portions, lea-ving the space -w open and formingv a pocket 9' for the insertion of the powder.

At 'the top of the wool portion 6, I rovide a strip of tape 8 which is held in p ace by the snap 4B, and which is adapted to be used in unfastening the snaps 4 and 4* when it is desired to .fill the pocket of the powder When the powder is inserted through the opening w-w, the snaps 4 and 4** are fastened together and the powder is secured in the pocket 9 between themain portion and the wool portion as shown in Fig. 3.

When the powder pufl' is put in use, the powder will pass throughthe perforations 7 into the wool and thence ontothe skin of the user.

It is to be noted, in' the .use of sheep or lambs wool, thatclose to the hide there is a layer of fine slightly curly hair which forms within the wool comprising' the sheet material adopted by applicantfor the ap plication of thel fine dry toilet powder, an'

automatically acting and self regulating feed for the powder into and throtgh the Jmain body of the wool upon the face' or .body of .the user, so that the supply` of powder will leo What I claim and desire to secure by Let- `ters Patent is 1. A powderh distributor comprising a flexible main back portion, a flexlble front-- portion, means for securing the two portions .together to form a pocket and 'leaving a filling space for said pocket through which the powder may beinserted in thepocket, the flexible front portion consisting of sheep skin ltannedjwith the wool .thereon and provided with perforations throughwhich the Apowder may pass,.the wool of the skin automat ically Operating to regulate the movefor the insertion of powder,..the said front' ment of the powder through the, perforaportion being provided 'with vperforations tionSI` 4 for the escape of powder through `the W001,

2. A powder dstributor comprising a and fastening means on the flap, back por- 5 flexible main back portion having an elon-" tion and front portion whereby the opening 15 i gated flap, a flexible front portion formed 'for the insertion may be closed, and .the

of sheep or lamb skin with the wool thereon, -pocket folded upon itself. the two portions being stitched to ether at lIn testimony where'of I affix my signature. their meeting edges forming a poc et, pro-. 10 vided with an opening at the base of'the flap WILLIAM F. DEAN. 

